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1358 testimonies
Benoni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 17 min
Loud rumbling, ground shaking and windows shuddering for quite a while.0
Benoni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 23 min
Lasted for about 7 seconds0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
30 km N from epicenter
T0 + 631 min
It was intense as I was asleep and the trembling woke me up it lasted for arround 5 seconds where I stay.0
Benoni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 40 min
We were woken up by house shaking0
Modderfontein (South Africa)
30 km N from epicenter
T0 + 45 min
Felt in Buccleuch, Johannesburg0
Meyerton (South Africa)
30 km SW from epicenter
T0 + 13 min
Rumble was long0
Benoni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 37 min
Duration a about 60 seconds0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
30 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 314 min
Picture not accurate as we were sleeping and the earthquake woke us up! It felt longer than a minute0
Brakpan (South Africa)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 41 min
We were woken out of a sound sleep. Animals are most distraught. Cupboard doors opened and odd items toppled on my shelves. No visible damages are noted.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 29 min
I felt the walls and the ground shake quite violently.0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 58 min
It woke me from a deep sleep0
Brakpan (South Africa)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 19 min
House was shaking0
Modderfontein (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 25 min
Kempton park0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 87 min
Was in bed......walls and ceiling and floor and bed started shaking vibrating moving.........my walls in flat are cracked and my ceiling cornices have come loose.....I have no Insurance policy.....I am a qualified Fire Technician and Fire and EMRS RESCUE HAZMAT Fireman and Fire Tech Responder.........sadly I am unemployed and unemployability circumstances because of disabilities (brain and spinal cord and eyesight disabilities sustained) sustained as a Firefighter and Fire Technician and Fire and EMRS RESCUE HAZMAT Fireman and retired now at age 59 YRS..... hope my information helps to save lives somehow...0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 63 min
I was frightened0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 33 min
Huge tremour, and noise0
Modderfontein (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 34 min
No coment0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km NE from epicenter
T0 + 407 min
Heard and felt the vibration which woke us up.0
Johannesburg (South Africa)
30 km NW from epicenter
T0 + 69 min
Sounded like a plane was landing on the roof0
Ekurhuleni (South Africa)
30 km E from epicenter
T0 + 194 min
I'm in Brakpan. My house shooked heavily. We first thought it was due to the illegal mining taking place about 1km from my house,that causes major sinkholes in our area0
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